Tang Teaching Museum Stages Queer Archives Symposium, April 4–5

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A two-day program of conversations, presentations, and screenings titled the Queer Archives Symposium will take place April 4–5 at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition a field of bloom and hum—a survey of work from more than 160 queer artists from the past 100 years—the symposium brings together a group of artists, scholars, archivists, dancers, and musicians to explore the complexities and power of queer art to assert a place for queer identities and communities.

The largest exhibition ever organized by the Tang, a field of bloom and hum spans both floors of the museum. 

The series of events begin at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 4 and will continue through Saturday, April 5. Sessions include art history students creating new oral histories with public interviews with exhibiting artists, scholars and artists discussing the legacy of exhibiting artists, screenings of experimental film and video, and a live performance of music and dance.  

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Tang Visitors Services Desk at 518-580-8080 or visit tang.skidmore.edu.

In a separate event, Mark Newport will be featured as speaker for The Raab Visiting Artist Lecture, which will take place 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the Tang Teaching Museum. Newport uses textiles, performance, print, and photography to reveal the vulnerability inherent in traditional western ideals of masculinity.